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Good Books in a Country Home
The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920
Danna B. Marcum
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Good Books in a Country Home

The Public Library as Cultural Force in Hagerstown, Maryland, 1878-1920

Danna B. Marcum Danna B. Marcum

February 1994

Praeger

Series: Contributions in Librarianship and Information Science

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This book demonstrates that the library developed in the rural community of Hagerstown, Maryland, between 1878 and 1920 was similar in many ways to libraries that developed in urban communities as an attempt to propagate culture.

Although urban historians point to the creation of the American public library as one response to the chaos experienced by big cities at the end of the 19th century, this study shows that the library developed in the rural community of Hagerstown, Maryland, resembled its urban counterparts. Business elites, concerned about the image of the town, created a library as the first cultural institution in Hagerstown. This book traces the societal changes in Hagerstown from 1878 to 1920, examines the motivations of the businessmen for creating the library, and explores the changes in attitude of the librarian who spent her career there. By using the experience of Hagerstown as a case study, the author makes a valuable contribution to the history of rural librarianship and the place of the library in American cultural history.
Dedication
Acknowlegments
Introduction
Hagerstown: From Rural to Urban?
Libraries and Librarians in the Nineteenth Century
Washington County, Maryland: The Context for Change
Library Education and the New Librarian
The Maryland Library Scene
The New Public Library in a Rural Community
The Ideology of Reading
Analysis of the Case Study
Reviews
...struggles with urban/rural dichotomy and the search for order and focuses on the motivations of the library's businessmen-founders and its first librarian, Mary Lemist Titcomb. This study is of more than local interest and should stimulate further research.—Library Journal

A good library history can bring more enjoyment than any book on the practice or theory of librarianship. This book is just such a history.... Marcum has done a fine job...making this a lively readable book...Offers useful insights into American public library development in a key transitional period.—Wilson Library Bulletin





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